Working the Sahel : environment and society in northern Nigeria / Michael Mortimore and William M. Adams.
This book looks at how people in the semi-arid conditions of the Sahel cope with their harsh environment. It draws on four years of field research with farmers in the Sahelian region and builds on work with these communities over several decades. Reporting on studies of four village communities, it...
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London ; New York :
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1999.
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| Series: | Routledge research global environmental change series ;
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; List of tables; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Diversity, flexibility and adaptability; 3 Four communities, four systems; 4 Negotiating the rain; 5 Working nature; 6 Making the land work harder; 7 When farmers are not farming; 8 Women, children and the house; 9 Understanding inequality; 10 Managing the managers; Notes; References; Index.